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She’s the village HTTP daemon!stryker: 6h057: lukesimcoe: I guess Dennis Ritchie, one of the pioneers of computer programming and a towering figure in FOSS died recently. From Slashdot: >Greedy misanthropist that sold shiny gadgets with sweatshop labor dies and is praised by millions. >Creator of the most widely used programming language of all time and pioneer of Unix, both arguably a significant contributing factor to the success of every modern tech company, dies and not a single newspaper cares. Inventor of C and UNIX. 4chan has a sticky for him. That’s the extent of media coverage I could find. A real legend of technology has died and nobody will even understand what he did. exit(0); (via @BiellaColeman) The only revolution Apple brought was for marketing and advertising. Best believe. When researching for Epic Win I got to talk to a handful of unsung geniuses like this who will be forgotten because they were too busy bringing about the most revolutionary and rapid social advancements in human history to care about personal branding. This disparity in coverage is like honoring Kenny G (he sold a lot of albums!) and ignoring, I don’t know, Louis Armstrong.

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stryker:

6h057:

lukesimcoe:

I guess Dennis Ritchie, one of the pioneers of computer programming and a towering figure in FOSS died recently. From Slashdot:

>Greedy misanthropist that sold shiny gadgets with sweatshop labor dies and is praised by millions.

>Creator of the most widely used programming language of all time and pioneer of Unix, both arguably a significant contributing factor to the success of every modern tech company, dies and not a single newspaper cares.

Inventor of C and UNIX. 4chan has a sticky for him. That’s the extent of media coverage I could find.

A real legend of technology has died and nobody will even understand what he did.

exit(0);

(via @BiellaColeman)

The only revolution Apple brought was for marketing and advertising.

Best believe.

When researching for Epic Win I got to talk to a handful of unsung geniuses like this who will be forgotten because they were too busy bringing about the most revolutionary and rapid social advancements in human history to care about personal branding. This disparity in coverage is like honoring Kenny G (he sold a lot of albums!) and ignoring, I don’t know, Louis Armstrong.

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  14. jakemadison said: BBC did a story, but yeah, not nearly the same outpouring.
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    She’s the village HTTP daemon!stryker:
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    I kind of feel that “unsung hero” is synonymous with “pioneer” or “revolutionary”
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    Bu adam sayesinde bilgisayarlarımız çalışıyor, RIP